Ecclesiastes 2:13

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 2

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10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been done long ago.

13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

14The wise man`s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

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